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I had a couple of five-star books last year.
My favourite non-fiction books were the following:
The Cigarette Century by Allan M. Brandt, a thoroughly researched and very detailed history of the cigarette and the tobacco industry
Grunt by Mary Roach, about the science of humans at war. Not necessarily a topic I would choose to read about, but I just love Mary Roach's writing.
And my last book of 2016: The Case against Sugar by Gary Taubes, which clearly illustrates how similar the stories of tobacco and sugar are.
In fiction I especially enjoyed two books by Mary Kubica, Pretty Baby and Don't You Cry. Psychological thrillers told in different points of view with excellent twists and turns.
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo was a book I discovered by accident. It's a love story between two cultures and you get a great insight into Chinese mentality.
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